10 top tips for teachers heading into school senior leadership teams

Be aware that you may now have different priorities

You won’t have the same responsibilities as classroom teachers with full teaching timetables, but don’t forget what it feels like to be in their shoes.

It’s important to help them to do the best job they can, rather than making it tougher. If you receive feedback from any source that you are adding to staff stress rather than supporting them with the demanding elements of their role, then you need to do some hard thinking about how you can redress this. The most important thing in any school is the